Bites

On the days that we do manage to get out of bed and interact with people, we will often accumulate quite a number of interesting anecdotes from those around us. I can't say for sure that they're all true, but I believe them (enough) to repeat them. Here goes.

After having known this particular person for almost a year, I heard from a mutual friend of ours that he was actually a personal friend of Eddie Vedder, the lead vocalist for Pearl Jam, one of my absolute favorite bands.
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On the way home from work, I decided to take a ride on a jeepney because it was too hot to walk home. I sat in the front seat, next to the driver. We passed by quite a number of familiar landmarks, including a felled concrete post on a sidewalk. This post and the debris had been there for years and the city had never bothered to clear it up. I had no idea how things came to be that way. Then, the driver, who had been silent ever since I got on, explained that there was an accident about a decade ago wherein four people inside a pickup were reduced to hamburger when their vehicle hit the concrete post at high speed.
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A workmate of mine got through college on a tennis scholarship and had spent her youth in and around tennis courts, doing odd jobs like collecting tennis balls. Oddly enough, she didn't like tennis. Go figure.
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A well known chain restaurant's local franchisee used kamote for some potato based recipes. This story reeked of bullshit, but the sheer crappiness of this particular chain's local branches back in the day made it easy to believe.
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Another workmate once worked as a volunteer firefighter. I asked him what his worst experience was. So in a very calm and detached voice, he tells me the story of this apartment fire a few years ago. They were told that there was a child trapped in the second floor. Despite the fact that visibility was almost nil from the smoke, he and his colleagues rushed inside the still burning building to look for the child. He reaches the room where they were told the child would be. He couldn't find anyone in the room because of the thick smog. So he sort of shuffles around. Then he feels something crunch, give way, and get smooshed underfoot. He had found the kid and was in fact literally on top of him. He had just crushed the already-dead child's skull with his boot. And guess *when* the smoke decided to clear up...
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And oh, you can actually use a cigarette butt as a temporary smoke filter in case of a fire. Just grip it tightly in your lips and breathe through your mouth.
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Members of what was probably Negros Occidental's premiere rock band hate each other, but are forced to stay together because they can't do anything else. Sad, since the stakes are so small.
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2Gb Sony M2 memory cards will range between P850-P3,200. An excess of 300% difference in rates means that something is definitely not right, especially when we're talking about the same product.
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The Snackee mascot is NOT based on Ronald McDonald. Really.
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Thanks to one of my ...um... drinking buddies, I've met these twins in passing. They're from my friend's neighborhood. They're middle aged and what struck me most about them was that one of them was wearing an army jacket and the other one was wearing the matching fatigue pants. It was cute in a twisted way.
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According to a friend of ours, he knew someone who actually still thinks Vanilla Ice is cool, in a non-ironic way. Word to your mother.
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Everyone I know who has used nunchakus (including myself) for more than a day has hit himself in the testicles. yes, I've never met anyone with two X chromosomes who knows how to use nunchackus.

I've run out for now. These are just the things I remembered from yesterday. At least, I've got something new in here, so quit bitching.